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ACU WILDCAT BASKETBALL Lance Fleming, Associate Director of Athletics for Media Relations ACU Box 27916 • Abilene, Texas 79699-7916 325-674-2693 (office) • 325-665-3543 (cell) • [email protected] 2014-15 Schedule Game 7 ACU at Houston Date Opponent Time / Record Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 • 7 p.m. Nov. 14 def. Hillsdale, 101-61 1-0 Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas Nov. 19 lost at Tulsa, 65-39 1-1 Nov. 22 lost to Duquesne, 102-81 1-2 ACU Wildcats (3-3) Nov. 25 def. Jarvis Christian, 91-65 2-2 Head Coach: Joe Golding (Abilene Christian, 1998) Nov. 29 lost to Cal-Riverside, 76-56 2-3 Coaches’ ACU Record: 38-53 (4th season) • Overall Record: Same Dec. 4 def. Sacramento State, 72-61 3-3 vs. Dec. 6 at Houston 7 p.m. Houston Cougars (3-1) Dec. 13 vs. N. New Mexico 4 p.m. Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson (UNC-Pembroke, 1978) Dec. 17 at Loyola-Chicago 7 p.m. Coaches’ UH Record: 3-1 (1st season) • Overall Record: 503-271 (26th season) Dec. 20 at Boise State 11 a.m. (MT) Dec. 22 vs. S.C. State 2:30 p.m. (MT) BROADCAST INFORMATION Dec. 23 TBA TBA Radio: Classic Rock 102 FM The Bear (Al Pickett, play-by-play) Dec. 28 at Grand Canyon 4 p.m. Webcast: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index#type/upcoming/startDate/20141206/ Jan. 3 * vs. Central Arkansas 4 p.m. Jan. 10 * vs. Nicholls 4 p.m. ACU’S PROBABLE STARTERS Jan. 13 * at Northwestern St. 6:30 p.m. G #1 LaDarrien Williams, Jan. 17 * vs. Stephen F. Austin 4 p.m. Last Game vs. Sacramento State: 24 pts., 3 rebs., 3 assists Jan. 20 * at McNeese State 7 p.m. Season Averages: 11.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.3 apg Jan. 24 * vs. Incarnate Word 4 p.m. G #3 Parker Wentz, 5-9, 170, jr (Lubbock, Texas) Jan. 26 * vs. Sam Houston St. 7 p.m. Last Game vs. Sacramento State: 15 pts., 5 rebs., 1 assist 16.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.0 apg Jan. 31 * at Lamar 6 p.m. Season Averages: Feb. 2 * at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. G #5 Jalen Little, 5-11, 170, jr (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Feb. 7 * vs. SE Louisiana 4 p.m. Last Game vs. Sacramento State: 0 pts., 2 rebs., 7 assists Season Averages: 3.3 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 4.2 apg Feb. 9 * vs. Lamar (Garland) 7 p.m. Feb. 16 * at Sam Houston St. 6:30 p.m. F #12 Austin Cooke, 6-7, 225, jr (Scottsdale, Ariz) Last Game vs. Sacramento State: 12 pts., 10 rebs., 0 assists Feb. 21 * at SE Louisiana 7 p.m. Season Averages: 7.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.3 apg Feb. 24 * vs. A&M-Corpus Christi 7 p.m. C #20 Christian Albright, 6-7, 240, fr-RS (Dallas, Texas) Feb. 28 * at New Orleans 6:15 p.m. Last Game vs. Sacramento State: 6 pts., 2 rebs., 2 assists March 3 * vs. Houston Baptist 7 p.m. Season Averages: 5.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.2 apg March 5 * at Incarnate Word 8 p.m. March 7 * at A&M-Corpus Christi 3:30 p.m. COMING UP FOR ACU *Southland Conference match Home games in bold at Moody Coliseum N. New Mexico ACU at ACU at at ACU Loyola-Chicago Boise State Saturday, Dec. 13 Wednesday, Dec. 17 Saturday, Dec. 20 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 11 a.m. (MST) Abilene Chicago, Ill. Boise, Idaho 2014-15 Women’s Basketball Prospectus 1 Quick Facts TONIGHT’S GAME Location ..........................................Abilene, Texas Founded ...................................................... 1906 Tonight’s contest against Houston will be the fourth all-time meeting between the Enrollment .................................................. 4,600 Wildcats and the Cougars with Houston holding a 2-1 advantage. The teams haven’t met Nickname ............................................... Wildcats since Dec. 4, 1967, when Houston took a 90-75 win over the Wildcats in Houston. The first Colors ........................................Purple and White game in the series was Dec. 2, 1947 (Houston won, 54-31), with the second meeting coming Arena (capacity) ............. Moody Coliseum (4,500) just three days later in Abilene (Dec. 5, 1947) with the Wildcats taking a 48-41 win. Affiliation ..................................... NCAA Division I The 1967 game was played at Delmar Field House in Houston when the Cougars were Conference ...........................................Southland ranked No. 2 in the country with future Basketball Hall of Famer Elvin Hays on the floor for President .................................... Dr. Phil Schubert Houston. After Houston’s win over ACU, the Cougars beat the Lew Alcindor-led UCLA Bruins Director of Athletics ............................Lee DeLeon in January 1968 at the Astrodome in the “Game of the Century.” (Notre Dame, 1994) Saturday night’s game will be broadcast on ESPN3 with Brett Dolan providing the Associate AD for Compliance & Academics / Senior Women’s Admin. ................... Sylvia Barnier play-by-play and former Cougar sharpshooter Reid Gettys providing the analysis. Houston (3-1) enters Saturday’s game coming off Thursday’s 72-58 win over Texas-Pan Team Facts American at Hofheinz Pavilion. Houston’s lone loss this season was an 84-63 loss at Harvard Head Coach ....................................... Joe Golding on Nov. 25 in Cambridge, Mass. Overall Record ..........................38-53, 4th season ACU enters Saturday’s game coming off its first non-conference win over an NCAA School Record ...........................38-53, 5th season Division I opponent in 30 years after it knocked off Sacramento State, 72-61, Thursday night Assistant Coaches ........................... Brette Tanner, in Abilene. Junior guard Parker Wentz leads the Wildcats in scoring at 16.0 ppg, while senior .......................... Patrice Days, Solomon Bozeman guards Harrison Hawkins (11.2 ppg) and LaDarrien Williams (11.0 ppg) are second and third, Letterwinners Returning/Lost......................... 8 / 4 respectively, on the team in scoring. Starters Returning/Lost .................................. 5 / 0 Newcomers ........................................................ 7 LAST GAME 2013-14 Season Review ABILENE CHRISTIAN 72, SACRAMENTO STATE 61 (Dec. 4, 2014) Overall Record .................................. 11-20 (.355) Conference Record (place) .................. 2-12 (13th) ABILENE, Texas – The Wildcats picked up their first non-conference victory over an Postseason Play ............................................ None NCAA Division I opponent in 30 years Thursday night with a 72-61 win at Moody Coliseum Final Ranking ................................................... NR over the Hornets from Sacramento State. The win is ACU’s first non-conference NCAA Division I victory since a 93-89 win over History Pepperdine on Dec. 3, 1984, also at Moody Coliseum. The win pushes the Wildcats back to First Season of Basketball ........................ 1919-20 .500 at 3-3, while the Hornets’ four-game winning streak was snapped as they fall to 4-2. All-Time Record (pct.) .............. 1,106-1,071 (.508) ACU never trailed Thursday night, and after building its lead to as much as 17 points Record at Moody Coliseum ........... 371-207 (.642) early in the second half, never saw it drop below seven points down the stretch. Three Southland Record, Years .........46-52, 12th season Wildcats scored in double figures in the game, led by senior guard LaDarrien Williams, who Southland Conference Titles, Last ............ 3, 1968 had 24 points. Junior guard Parker Wentz had 15 points, including a pair of key 3-pointers late in the game, and Austin Cooke recorded his second career double-double with 12 points Men’s Basketball Social Media and 10 rebounds. Facebook ....................AcuWildcatMensBasketball The Wildcats’ defensive effort was probably the story of the night, however, as they held Twitter .............................................. @ACU_MBB one of the nation’s top shooting teams well below their season average in both points and Brette Tanner ........................@Tanner_ACUhoops field goal percentage. The Hornets entered the game ranked No. 7 in all of NCAA Division I Patrice Days ....................................@Coach_Days basketball in field goal percentage (52.9 percent), but shot just 32.1 percent against the Solomon Bozeman .................@SolomonBozeman Wildcats, hitting just 17 of 53 shots. They were also averaging 72.8 points per game, but Cooper Schmidt ...............................@coschmidt1 scored just 61 points against a solid ACU defensive effort. ACU Sports Social Media While the Wildcats’ defense limited the Hornets to just 32.1 percent shooting form the Facebook ............ ACU Sports YouTube .. ACUathletics field, ACU hit 51.1 percent from the field (23 of 45), including 7 of 17 from 3-point range. Twitter .............. @ACUSports Web ... ACUSports.com The Wildcats also hit 79.2 percent from the free throw line (19 of 24) and out-rebounded the Hornets, 34-33. ACU NOTES The Wildcats are trying to snap a long road losing streak that has seen them drop their last 16 road games and their last 13 non-conference road games. ... The last time the Wildcats won a road game was an 82-68 win over Incarnate Word in San Antonio on Feb. 27, 2013. ... The Wildcats’ last non-conference road win came on Nov. 18, 2011, when the Wildcats beat Texas-Permian Basin, 65-60, in Odessa, Texas. ... Since that 2011 win, the Wildcats are 0-2 in non-conference road games in 2014-15, 0-8 in 2013-14 and 0-1 in 2011-12 and 2012-13. ... Thursday night’s game against Sacramento State was the first time this season that ACU finished with more turnovers than its opponent as the Wildcats had 17 turnovers to 14 for the Hornets. ... The Wildcats, however, still have a solid assist-to-turnover ratio of 99-to-81, led by junior point guard Jalen Little, who is among Southland Conference leaders in the statistic at 25-to-11. ... For the sixth straight game, ACU’s opponent shot more free throws than did the Wildcats, who were 19 of 24 from the stripe against the Hornets, who were just 22 of 31 from the line.